Well, haven't updated this in a while. Might as well give you a few updates. Besides, I'm hype asf with that new BB CTB trailer. The animation was gorgeous.
Chapter 4:
You know, there's a saying; when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But this? There were no lemons here… All he wanted was bleach.
Trotting down the main street of Yabiko pushing along a stroller carrying two babies within and another on his back was none other than the legendary SS class criminal himself. Beside him and in a far better mood than the brooder Reaper was his brother, Jin Kisaragi. Or…wife? Husband? Who the hell knows? Jin's called him so many names he just stopped caring. They were just kicked out of a store because Jin made the conscious decision of picking a fight with another mom. Why? Again, who knows?
Finally arriving at their destination, the two brothers…? Uh, lovers? Found their way to a vacant area at the far end of the park to rest to vibrant babes kicking around in their knapsacks and strollers. Ragna doing his best to ignore the stares he received.
"Ugh, come on, you little bastards, stay still," Ragna groaned letting them out to play as Jin did the same with his batch. Though…there were a few oddities in the group. One of which Ragna held up. "Hey, Jin, I'm not a doctor, but babies have bones, right? This one's kinda…"
"Hm. I think this one is blind. And…yep, this one is deaf. I wonder if anyone will find these children strange?" Jin wondered.
"Ah, right, the fact that these kids came from another man isn't the weirdest thing in this situation." Ragna deadpanned.
"Shit, what will school be like? I can't imagine the money we'd have to spend"—jin rubbed his temples, neither aware of the blind baby teetering on the edge of the lake beside them—"will we have to take out a loan?"
"The hell do you mean money? And schools!? First off: I don't have a job! Secondly: SCHOOLS!?"
"Simple; go get yourself a job since you insisted I stay home and take care of our children. And not this 'Grim Reaper' crap anymore—we discussed this last night in bed that our kids can't grow up in a home like that!"
"What the fu—! We never discussed that! What we really need to discuss is how the hell are we gonna deal with these damn kids!? And what do you mean by none of this 'Grim Reaper' crap anymore? The hell you tryin' to say?" Ragna mentally slapped himself in the face for sounding like an irritated dad arguing with his wife.
"What I'm trying to say is that you need to find yourself a REAL job! We have kids now! We can't think of ourselves anymore! Or are you so self-centered you can't stop to think about your own family!?"
"Why're you acting like such a dick!?"
A sigh. "I don't know—I'm sorry. It's just…I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I keep telling myself that the moment we get ourselves on some kind of schedule, everything will work itself out. And I don't want to end up like those two buffoons from Sunshine Cleaning." Jin said.
Ragna paused for a moment of thought. "Wait would I be the mom or the sister?"
"The sister."
"Oh god…"
Exhausted and sprawled across the floor while the kids played and made a ruckus were Jin and Ragna. Dreary eyes fighting to remain opens to make sure none of them tried to eat each other. They already lost two of them that way…
"How the hell can anybody survive raising three kids? This is bullshit…" Ragna groaned.
"Three!?" Jin shot up. "I thought we were down to six!"
"Well, the blind one fell in a pool, the deaf one didn't hear Kagura's motorcycle, and Tao thought Morty looked like a meat bun," Ragna responded.
"Huh… That's a shame."
"L-Look, Jin, I'm sorry, but I can't do this anymore. I need some time off." Ragna stood up as Jin sprung up with him.
"What!? You can't just leave me here! How long!?"
"I-I don't know! I just need a couple days, maybe weeks."
"Weeks!? You can't do that—what about these kids!? Do you expect me to look after them alone while you're relaxing? If you think I'm going to allow you to walk away from this, you're crazy. The whole point of this ridiculous farce was for us to finally spend more time together—and I'll be damned if I'll let you walk away from this." Jin stressed.
"Spend more time—? The hell are you talking about? Actually, I think it's about time you start explaining yourself on why've you been so damn clingy?" Ragna crossed his arms waiting for his brother, tapping his feet in impatience with a hardened glare. One which Jin found himself weakening too.
A sigh. "After everything transpired, you've been so distant. I figured that, if we had a baby or something, we could spend more time together like we used to back at the church."
"How the hell does that make any sense!? You had a baby so that we could spend more time together!? You're the one who's always so moody. Shouting about how you wanna kill me and all that crap. I just figured you needed space. I've always wanted to get back our connection."
"But I've wanted to reconnect with you too, but you've been getting further and further away from me. All I wanted was to retain the connection we shared during our childhood days, but every time I try to find you you walk away." Jin said.
"Are you…serious? If that's the case…" Ragna and Jin looked around and observed the mess. "This was completely ridiculous…"
"I…suppose it was."
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"How attached are you to these freaks of nature?"
"Not in the slightest."
Outside an orphanage
"They'll find better homes," Ragna said.
"Agreed."
Yabiko Branch
Kagura emerged from his office with a strong yawn, ready to plop himself down in the cafeteria and drink his heart out. Only to stop and hide finding a surprising duo chatting and not trying to kill each other. Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi? Smiling and laughing? Did he miss something? Kagura used the stealth skills acquired from his brothers to get a little closer, trying to zero in on their conversation. And to his amazement, they were having a…pretty normal conversation. Just catching up. Kagura just smirked and took his leave, sadly at the best part.
"You know, brother, I learned something today."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes," Jin nodded with a confident smile. "If you wish to reconnect with someone, all you have to do is have a baby."
Ragna sweatdropped. "So close, Jin… You were so close to being a normal guy."
And done! Finally got to posting this, but I'm not sure that's much of a life lesson, Jin…